Davenport Background The setting for Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues is New York State in the late 1960s and tells the story of Jess Goldberg, a œstone butch lesbian who later begins to transition to male through the use of hormone replacement. This was a time of great social change in the United States: protests against the Vietnam War were· common; racial tension peaked, with marches and riots advocating African-American civil rights taking place across the country; sweeping changes in music, including Woodstock, filled the airwaves; and the issue of equal rights for women was often a part of the nightly broadcast news and daily newspapers. However, there was relatively little news coverage of the Stonewall Riots in New York City in late June, 1969. The riots would eventually be regarded as the spark that ignited the Gay Rights Movement, giving rise to the Human Rights Campaign and Marriage Equality movement. First published in 1993, Stone Butch Blues is considered by many to be the first serious piece of American œtransgender literature. Coincidentally, the novel, Breakfast on Pluto, by Patrick McCabe, takes place in Ireland at about the same time in the 1960s to 1970s, when the three-decade long period of time known as œThe Troubles began. Breakfast on Pluto tells the story of a transgender woman by the name of Patrick œPussy Braden during The Troubles, which was a particularly tumultuous and dangerous period in Northern Ireland’s history and its struggle for independence from Great Britain. The book was first published in 1998 and was a huge success, almost winning the 1998 Booker Prize (the top prize for literature in Great Britain). Instructions -Assignment 4: 20 points, due Thursday, 14 November 2013 As you read Stone Butch Blues, briefly describe the ways that at least 5 different events or scenes challenge and help shape Jess Goldberg’s identity. Include the chapter numbers. Instructions -Assignment 5: 20 points, due Thursday, 28 November 2013 As you read Breakfast on Pluto, briefly describe the ways that at least 5 different events or scenes challenge and help shape œPussy Braden’s identity. Include the chapter numbers.